Stony Brook Falls in NCAA Women's Lacrosse Quarterfinals
Dylan Smith
BALTIMORE, Md. – Stony Brook fell to Johns Hopkins, 13-12, in the quarterfinals of the 2026 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship inside Homewood Field on Sunday afternoon.
The Seawolves finished the 2026 campaign with a 19-3 record. The Blue Jays moved to 17-4 on the year.
CAA Midfielder of the Year Isabella Caporuscio and Haydin Eisfeld registered three goals apiece, while being complemented by a three-point effort from Mirabella Altebrando (2G, 1A). Julia Fusco found the back of the net twice in the setback.
The Seawolves quickly jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opening 9:29 minutes of the contest. Fusco one-timed her shot off a feed for the first goal of the game, followed by a Caporuscio rip from outside the eight-meter arc to make it 2-0. Eisfeld drew contact through the scoring zone and beat the keeper from point-blank range to triple the advantage. Johns Hopkins retaliated with three straight goals of its own to knot the game at three before Eisfeld fired home her second of the game to claim a 4-3 edge through 15 minutes of play.
The junior attacker continued her scoring prowess in the second quarter, netting a first-half hat trick after going more than half of the field in transition and beating the keeper at the near post for a 5-3 edge. The Seawolves’ Olivia Schorr nearly did the same thing four minutes later, racing over the midfield line and doubling her team’s lead, 6-3, with a snipe of her own. Stony Brook carried a one-goal edge, 6-5, at the intermission.
After exchanging goals, SBU’s Altebrando broke the 7-7 deadlock from the free position, going low and through the keeper’s legs to go back up one. The goal sparked a 4-0 run for the Seawolves over a span of 4:13 to go up 11-7. Stony Brook remained ahead by two, 11-9, entering the final 15 minutes.
Caporuscio responded to an early fourth-quarter strike from the Blue Jays. She battled her way through traffic, pump faked and unloaded her attempt falling to the turf before lacing the upper left corner to reclaim a two-goal edge, 12-10.
Johns Hopkins’ Ava Angello guided her team to the comeback victory in the fourth quarter, scoring two of her four goals in the final frame. After an equalizer from Paige Willard with under 90 seconds to play, Angello provided the primary assist on the game-winner from Taylor Hoss as Johns Hopkins took their first lead of the game with one second left and secured the win. Hoss registered three goals and five assists for a game-high eight points.
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